Russian Air Force gets 1st pair of top notch MiG-35 fighters (VIDEO)

[PJL]

" The Russian military has received its first pair of new MiG-35 jets. The multi-role fighter aircraft is set to replace the older generation MiG-29 warplanes and may be later shipped overseas, its manufacturer said. Four more to be delivered this year, the head of the MiG Corporation, Ilya Tarasenko announced on Monday. He added that the jets can be exported overseas, with India being among the possible buyers. The plane successfully passed its flight trials in 2017, and was presented to the public shortly afterwards. The MiG-35 can track up to 30 airborne targets at a distance of up to 160km (100 miles). The jet can also strike six aerial and four ground targets at once."..........https://www.rt.com/russia/462135-mig...er-jet-russia/

[PJL]

Love em or hate em , they are still a very stylish looking piece of equipment .

[bulletbob]

Love em or hate em , they are still a very stylish looking piece of equipment .

They will be typical russian junk with technology that was coppied made with sub par materials outdated

[Admiral Ackbar]

This is Russian junk. Even at that the third world resource extraction economy of Russia wont be able to afford to produce more than an few of these. Beyond that the Russian education system has collapsed. They dont produce engineers and scientists anymore. Anything they are building now is a product of the final generation of educated scientists.

This is good, but also dangerous. Putin is smart man and knows that their geopolitical goals have to be achieved in the next 5 to 10 years as the demographic collapse in population, economics and education/science are just ahead.

Those goals are to get back the defensive depth they lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Personally I think we ought to let them have it. They have always controlled Ukranine and Baltics etc.. Not worth a war with a desparate collapsing society. Let them rot away slowly

[PJL]

This is Russian junk. Even at that the third world resource extraction economy of Russia wont be able to afford to produce more than an few of these. Beyond that the Russian education system has collapsed. They dont produce engineers and scientists anymore. Anything they are building now is a product of the final generation of educated scientists. This is good, but also dangerous. Putin is smart man and knows that their geopolitical goals have to be achieved in the next 5 to 10 years as the demographic collapse in population, economics and education/science are just ahead. Those goals are to get back the defensive depth they lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Personally I think we ought to let them have it. They have always controlled Ukranine and Baltics etc.. Not worth a war with a desparate collapsing society. Let them rot away slowly

Interesting thoughts Akbar.....I do believe you know more about Russia than Putin himself ! ......(lol)

[bulletbob]

Interesting thoughts Akbar.....I do believe you know more about Russia than Putin himself ! ......(lol)

Lol I hate to tell you this duck butter but hes right russia has not got the economic power to support a. Cutting edge jet program such as the American f35 joint strike fighter or f 22 raptor . also they dont have the technology.

[bulletbob]

WOW 2 planes what a achievement no wonder plo is bragging about the mother country

[bulletbob]

There were references in the late 1980s to a very different design also identified as "MiG-35". This design was a single-engined combat aircraft for air-to-air and secondary air-to-ground roles. According to unidentified Indian sources, the aircraft was evaluated by Indian pilots in the Soviet Union and was probably suggested as an alternative for the Indian LCA being developed at that time.^[10]
Procurement


MiG-35D at the 2007 Aero India air show


Russia unveiled the MiG-35 at the 2007 Aero India air show in Bangalore,^[11] amid Moscow's keenness to sell these planes to India. The MiG-35 was a contender with the Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon in the Indian MRCA competition for 126 multirole combat aircraft to be procured by the Indian Air Force. During the competition however, India's Ministry of Defense was frustrated with the problems of the aircraft's avionics: the radar could not achieve the maximum targeting distance during the tests and the RD-33MK engines were not shown to reach sufficient thrust. As a result, the MiG-35 was ousted from the contest in April 2011.^[12][13][14]
In May 2013, it was reported that Russia intends to order 37 aircraft.^[15] In August 2013, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the purchase worth RUB37 billion ($1.1 billion) will be delayed until 2016 due to the spending cuts in the state arms program for 2014–2016.^[16][17]
In August 2015, Colonel General Viktor Bondarev, commander of Russia's Air and Space Forces stated that MiG-35 development was to be completed in 2017; entry into service is to follow in 2018.^[18] The state tests of the MiG-35 was to begin in 2017 with completion in mid-2018 after the serial production of the aircraft would started.^[19] According to Viktor Bondarev, Russian Aerospace Forces plans to replace its whole fleet of light fighters with the MiG-35s and thus there is a need for at least 170 of such aircraft.^[20]
During 2016, first two pre-production aircraft were in active phase of construction at the Production Center No.1 in Lukhovitsy.^[21] Both aircraft were delivered at the end of the year.
In July 2017, during the MAKS 2017 International Aviation and Space Salon, the Russian Defence Ministry agreed it will buy 24 MiG-35s as a part of the new state armament program for 2018–2027, although 37 aircraft were previously planned. Six out of the 24 MiG-35s will replace the aging MiG-29s of the Russian aerobatic team Swifts.^[22][23]
On 22 August 2018, during the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2018», the first contract for six MiG-35s was signed.^[24] The Russian Aerospace Forces plans to sign a second contract for delivery of 14 MiG-35s in 2020.^[25]
On 17 June 2019, Russian Aerospace Forces has received first two serial MiG-35S fighters, marking the introduction of the variant into service.^[2][26]
Initial flight testing

By April 2010, pictures and additional information surfaced of two new MiG-35 demonstrators, the single-seat MiG-35 "961" and the two-seat MiG-35D "967". According to Russian media, they first flew in autumn of 2009, and subsequently took part in MMRCA trials in India in October 2009. Both have a very high commonality with the previous MiG-29K/KUB airframes, an immediate visible difference being the braking parachute installed in place of the hook, present on the naval aircraft.^[27] Subsequently, the MiG-35D "967" appears to have been equipped with a similar AESA radar as fitted to the older MiG-35 demonstrator "154", identifiable by the dark grey short nose radome.^[28]
On 6 September 2016, according to the general designer of the United Aircraft Corporation Sergei Korotkov, first MiG-35s were to be delivered in November 2016 to the Russian Air Force for flight testing to confirm the technical characteristics of the aircraft.^[29][30] First of the two aircraft, single-seat MiG-35 "702" made its first flight on 24 November 2016, followed by double-seater MiG-35UB "712" in December 2016.^[4]
On 28 January 2017, MiG officially demonstrated one of the two pre-production aircraft, MiG-35UB "712", to the Russian government, followed by subsequent demonstration for export customers on the next day.^[31][32] The newly presented MiG-35 showed to be a bit different with the one unveiled in 2007, the aircraft allegedly lacked the AESA radar as well as thrust vectoring control, supposedly to keep procurement cost low to attract foreign customer.^[33]
In July 2017, the director general of the MiG Ilya Tarasenko, told the press: "We are now testing, and after the results will begin mass production. Serial production will begin within the next two years."^[34][35]
In February 2017, it was announced contract was signed to built another two aircraft that will join the testing. It was also expected state trials will begin at Chkalov State Flight Test Centre in Akhtubinsk the same year.^[36]
In February 2018, MiG Aircraft Corporation announced that it had completed factory trials of the MiG-35, the certificate of the trials completion having been signed in December 2017.^[37][38]
In May 2018, head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar reported that state trials of the MiG-35 had begun.^[39]
In April 2019, MiG-35UB "11" first took off to join the testing. This is first of the two additional pre-production aircraft ordered in February 2017.^[5]


they are great targets for f22 raptors

[bulletbob]

There were references in the late 1980s to a very different design also identified as "MiG-35". This design was a single-engined combat aircraft for air-to-air and secondary air-to-ground roles. According to unidentified Indian sources, the aircraft was evaluated by Indian pilots in the Soviet Union and was probably suggested as an alternative for the Indian LCA being developed at that time.^[10]
Procurement


MiG-35D at the 2007 Aero India air show


Russia unveiled the MiG-35 at the 2007 Aero India air show in Bangalore,^[11] amid Moscow's keenness to sell these planes to India. The MiG-35 was a contender with the Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon in the Indian MRCA competition for 126 multirole combat aircraft to be procured by the Indian Air Force. During the competition however, India's Ministry of Defense was frustrated with the problems of the aircraft's avionics: the radar could not achieve the maximum targeting distance during the tests and the RD-33MK engines were not shown to reach sufficient thrust. As a result, the MiG-35 was ousted from the contest in April 2011.^[12][13][14]
In May 2013, it was reported that Russia intends to order 37 aircraft.^[15] In August 2013, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the purchase worth RUB37 billion ($1.1 billion) will be delayed until 2016 due to the spending cuts in the state arms program for 2014–2016.^[16][17]
In August 2015, Colonel General Viktor Bondarev, commander of Russia's Air and Space Forces stated that MiG-35 development was to be completed in 2017; entry into service is to follow in 2018.^[18] The state tests of the MiG-35 was to begin in 2017 with completion in mid-2018 after the serial production of the aircraft would started.^[19] According to Viktor Bondarev, Russian Aerospace Forces plans to replace its whole fleet of light fighters with the MiG-35s and thus there is a need for at least 170 of such aircraft.^[20]
During 2016, first two pre-production aircraft were in active phase of construction at the Production Center No.1 in Lukhovitsy.^[21] Both aircraft were delivered at the end of the year.
In July 2017, during the MAKS 2017 International Aviation and Space Salon, the Russian Defence Ministry agreed it will buy 24 MiG-35s as a part of the new state armament program for 2018–2027, although 37 aircraft were previously planned. Six out of the 24 MiG-35s will replace the aging MiG-29s of the Russian aerobatic team Swifts.^[22][23]
On 22 August 2018, during the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2018», the first contract for six MiG-35s was signed.^[24] The Russian Aerospace Forces plans to sign a second contract for delivery of 14 MiG-35s in 2020.^[25]
On 17 June 2019, Russian Aerospace Forces has received first two serial MiG-35S fighters, marking the introduction of the variant into service.^[2][26]
Initial flight testing

By April 2010, pictures and additional information surfaced of two new MiG-35 demonstrators, the single-seat MiG-35 "961" and the two-seat MiG-35D "967". According to Russian media, they first flew in autumn of 2009, and subsequently took part in MMRCA trials in India in October 2009. Both have a very high commonality with the previous MiG-29K/KUB airframes, an immediate visible difference being the braking parachute installed in place of the hook, present on the naval aircraft.^[27] Subsequently, the MiG-35D "967" appears to have been equipped with a similar AESA radar as fitted to the older MiG-35 demonstrator "154", identifiable by the dark grey short nose radome.^[28]
On 6 September 2016, according to the general designer of the United Aircraft Corporation Sergei Korotkov, first MiG-35s were to be delivered in November 2016 to the Russian Air Force for flight testing to confirm the technical characteristics of the aircraft.^[29][30] First of the two aircraft, single-seat MiG-35 "702" made its first flight on 24 November 2016, followed by double-seater MiG-35UB "712" in December 2016.^[4]
On 28 January 2017, MiG officially demonstrated one of the two pre-production aircraft, MiG-35UB "712", to the Russian government, followed by subsequent demonstration for export customers on the next day.^[31][32] The newly presented MiG-35 showed to be a bit different with the one unveiled in 2007, the aircraft allegedly lacked the AESA radar as well as thrust vectoring control, supposedly to keep procurement cost low to attract foreign customer.^[33]
In July 2017, the director general of the MiG Ilya Tarasenko, told the press: "We are now testing, and after the results will begin mass production. Serial production will begin within the next two years."^[34][35]
In February 2017, it was announced contract was signed to built another two aircraft that will join the testing. It was also expected state trials will begin at Chkalov State Flight Test Centre in Akhtubinsk the same year.^[36]
In February 2018, MiG Aircraft Corporation announced that it had completed factory trials of the MiG-35, the certificate of the trials completion having been signed in December 2017.^[37][38]
In May 2018, head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar reported that state trials of the MiG-35 had begun.^[39]
In April 2019, MiG-35UB "11" first took off to join the testing. This is first of the two additional pre-production aircraft ordered in February 2017.^[5]


they are great targets for f22 raptors

[bulletbob]

Love em or hate em , they are still a very stylish looking piece of equipment .

So was a 1970 cadallic sedan but its not a Lamborghini either unlike like the F-22 Raptor.